Favorite Movies: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Crazy For Christmas, The Empire Strikes Back, League of Gentlemen (1960's British film), Big Trouble in Little China, Police Academy 2, Carry On At Your Convenience, Commando, Halloween III: Season of the Witch,

Saw it last night. The plot could maybe have done with a couple more twists and turns, and it lacks that certain X factor that used (pre-Craig) to distinguish Bond from his imitators. But it is enlivened by some interesting directorial choices from Guy Ritchie. My favourite was the scene where Napoleon Solo eats a sandwich as a speedboat chase takes place in the background.. And it is hard to watch it without thinking how great Henry would have been as Bond. Enjoy it, it's the closest we're likely to get. Shame that a sequel looks unlikely, unless the film does spectacularly well internationally. I would have liked to see more of UNCLE as an organisation, and Hugh Grant (who is starting to look very old, unless they used aging make-up on him) as Mr Waverly.

Favorite Movies: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Crazy For Christmas, The Empire Strikes Back, League of Gentlemen (1960's British film), Big Trouble in Little China, Police Academy 2, Carry On At Your Convenience, Commando, Halloween III: Season of the Witch,

This was a nice fun lark. Wish it did better at the box office, but it's a heavy competition and Mr. Cruise ruled the spy genre for the Summer (which I enjoyed as much as this). Only thing I didn't like were the musical choices. Didn't feel like songs that naturally fit the characters, rather Guy Ritchie was trying to think of pop/R&B songs that Tarantino would have picked himself.